Democratic Underground - Gee Dubya: An essay in pictures (dialup warning)

Once there was a guy named George.

He was a white guy from a white family that happened to be quite powerful. Important forces were at work that would one day affect his life. Mossadeq had been assassinated in Iran...

...setting the stage for the Shah. A guy named Saddam was getting his feet wet in politics...

...and a family named Saud was setting up shop in a big desert.

As he grew older, George came to like his Jack and coke...

...but that was really nobody's business. For a while he defended the coast of Texas from invasion...

...but that wasn't really anyone's business either. He tried politics early and got beat. He tried business...

...and, well, it didn't work out. He tried baseball and finally made some money, but...

...he traded Sammy Sosa. Bad decisions became something of a theme later in life. After a while, he decided to run for Governor of Texas, and with the help of some very scrupulous friends...

...he beat Ann Richards. While in office he made some new friends...

...who talked him into running for president so he could rewrite the energy code and basically privatize the whole country. Neat!

After a meticulously fair election in 2000...

...and an excellent decision from the high court...

...George was in the catbird seat, and the nation rejoiced.

Things were totally cool. The tax cuts were passed, ushering in a new era of prosperity...

...and a new guy was put forth as the true leader of the United States...

...in an attempt to end this whole church/state separation nonsense.

For a while, things were rough. George's approval ratings were in the tank. His programs were going nowhere. He looked like a one-termer like his dad...